Perle's Wise Words

Updated July 14, 2000 12:04 a.m. ET

Quite a little brouhaha has broken out on the fringes of the Camp David summit over advice given to the Israelis by one of Governor George W. Bush's foreign policy advisers, Richard Perle. Mr. Perle was assistant defense secretary in the Reagan Administration. According to Mr. Perle, two of Prime Minister Barak's aides -- Joseph Alpher, a special adviser, and Yoram Ben-Zeev, deputy director for North America in the foreign ministry -- contacted him and sought his advice. They traveled to his home Friday, where Mr. Perle says he...